Middle East & North Africa

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, today’s de facto ruler of Damascus, has an eloquent history: he began his jihadist militancy in al-Qaeda’s ranks as an associate of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the “caliph” who founded ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and

A complex network of Al Qaeda affiliated terrorist organizations overseen by US and allied intelligence agencies has unfolded, extending across the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, Western China, South and South East Asia.
Libya is among the World's largest oil economies with approximately 3.5% of global oil reserves, more than twice those of the US.
The Iraqi parliament suspended the corrupt 2014 agreement with the Obama administration which invited the US to lead a fake counterterrorism operation directed against the Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh), made up of mercenaries who are funded, trained and recruited by US-NATO, with the support of Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Twenty Years of Conflict has cost the Middle East $12 trillion By Global Research, August 30, 2010
Israel preparing to attack Syria: report By Global Research, August 29, 2010
“Al Qaeda in Yemen”: U.S. military involvement may worsen situation in Yemen By Global Research, August 29, 2010
Rebranding Iraq: Playing with Numbers and Human Lives By Ramzy Baroud, August 26, 2010
‘McCarthyism’ Rises in Israel By Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler, August 26, 2010
VIDEO: America’s Secret War: From Latin America to Iraq By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 26, 2010
Israeli Intelligence Infiltrated Throughout Lebanese Government By Wayne Madsen, August 25, 2010
Flashback to 1953 : “Operation Ajax”: Joint CIA/MI6 Military Coup in Iran By Andrew Gavin Marshall, August 19, 2010
The UN Security Council Regime of Tribunals and Sanctions: A Smokescreen for Military Seizure of Regions and Resources By Niloufer Bhagwat, August 18, 2010
Destroying Iraqi Statehood: Operation Almost Complete By Elena Pustovoitova, August 18, 2010
The secrets in Israel’s archives: Evidence of ethnic cleansing kept under lock and key By Jonathan Cook, August 18, 2010
Arab States Demand Israeli Nuclear Transparency By Global Research, August 16, 2010
VIDEO: Iraq’s Deadly Legacy: The Devastating Effects of Depleted Uranium By Global Research, August 16, 2010
Israel Releases Mordechai Vanunu After Three Months in Prison By Jo Adetunji, August 15, 2010
U.S. to Provide Israel With 20 Joint Strike Fighters By Global Research, August 15, 2010
War Preparations? Biggest U.S.-Israeli Joint Infantry Exercise Ever By Global Research, August 15, 2010
Iraq: NATO Assists In Building New Middle East Proxy Army By Rick Rozoff, August 14, 2010
War Preparations? US Arms ‘Bonanza’ in the Middle East By Jonathan Cook, August 11, 2010
Assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri: Hezbollah Exposes Israeli Hit Men By Global Research, August 10, 2010
Iran: Land of Science, Arts and Culture: The Unrivaled Legacy of Avicenna By Kourosh Ziabari, August 09, 2010
War Against Iran as a Method of Promoting Globalism By Dmitry Sedov, August 09, 2010
VIDEO: Washington Policy May Result in Nuclear War, Says Castro By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, August 08, 2010
Suspected Torturer Gets Key Police Job in Jerusalem By Jonathan Cook, August 07, 2010
Israel Plans Mass Forced Removals of Bedouin By Jonathan Cook, August 06, 2010
The Situation in the Region is Fragile and Volatile: Middle East Air Smells of War By Ontikov A. and Matuzov V., August 06, 2010
Smoke on a Bridge: Lebanon Awaits a Verdict By Ramzy Baroud, August 06, 2010
Isolating Iran is Part of the “Great Energy Game” By Kourosh Ziabari, August 06, 2010
Dangerous Crossroads: Threatening Iran with a Preemptive Nuclear Attack By Kourosh Ziabari, August 05, 2010
Suspicion Growing About Possible Link between outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Israel By Ercan Yavuz, August 05, 2010
A Coup in Turkey Before Any Attack on Iran? By Global Research, August 05, 2010
Obama has been Warned that Israel May Bomb Iran By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, August 04, 2010
Spies, Lies and Goodbyes By Claude Salhani, August 04, 2010
Israel Attacks Lebanon: Troops Die in Israel-Lebanon Clash By Global Research, August 03, 2010
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict By Kourosh Ziabari, August 02, 2010
The Real Aim of Israel’s Bomb Iran Campaign By Gareth Porter, July 31, 2010
Israel: “All Quiet on the Eastern Front” By Uri Avnery, July 31, 2010
The Looting of Iraq By Richard Becker, July 31, 2010
Israel Threatens Lebanon By Rannie Amiri, July 30, 2010
Israel’s Insane War on Iran Must Be Prevented By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach, July 26, 2010
Bolstering the military capabilities of America’s Middle East allies against Iran: $30 Billion Weapons Sale to Saudi Arabia By Global Research, July 23, 2010
Gaza: Photographic Evidence of Extensive Israeli War Crimes By Global Research, July 23, 2010
Jewish Settlement Expansion in the Occupied Territories: Who is Aiding Judaisation? By Nicola Nasser, July 22, 2010
Israel Palestine: One-State Debate Explodes Myth About the Zionist Left By Jonathan Cook, July 21, 2010
VIDEO: Netanyahu Brags About How Easy It Is To Manipulate The United States By Global Research, July 20, 2010
Israel Palestine Peace Talks: No Help from Washington. The only Option left to the Palestinians is Resistance By Nicola Nasser, July 19, 2010
A U.S.-backed rocket shield to protect Israeli towns against rocket attacks from Gaza By Ann Flaherty, July 19, 2010
Tel Aviv Government Refuses to Implement Israeli Supreme Court Ruling By Jonathan Cook, July 16, 2010
Breaking the Siege against Gaza: We must End the Apartheid and Establish an Independent Palestine State By Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, July 15, 2010
Killing Gazans by Remote Control: Israel’s ‘Spot and Shoot’ System Aims to Perfect Joystick Based Warfare By Jason Ditz, July 15, 2010
Breaking the Siege on Gaza: In the Spirit of Rachel Corrie and Mavi Marmara By Azreen Hani, July 15, 2010
Beyond Violence and Non-Violence: Resistance as a Culture By Ramzy Baroud, July 15, 2010
The Origins of War By Fidel Castro Ruz, July 15, 2010
Israel’s New ‘Video Game’ Executions By Jonathan Cook, July 14, 2010
Libyan Ship with Humanitarian Supplies Sails to Gaza By Global Research, July 13, 2010
Israel is a strategic US ally in the Middle East: When the American Empire falls, Israel will be Weakened By Kourosh Ziabari, July 12, 2010
Witch-Hunt Begins in Israeli Schools and Colleges By Jonathan Cook, July 12, 2010
Obama Reaffirms Alliance Between U.S. and Israel Against Iran By Global Research, July 10, 2010
Cluster Bombs and Civilian Lives: “Efficient Killing”, Profits and Human Rights By Ramzy Baroud, July 09, 2010
Behind Turkey and Israel’s Not-So-Secret Meeting By Rannie Amiri, July 09, 2010
America and Israel’s Show Must Go On By James Gundun, July 08, 2010
Losing in Afghanistan By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, July 07, 2010
Middle East War: U.S. Doctors Approved Torture and Denied Medical Care to Captives By Sherwood Ross, July 05, 2010
The EU Must End the Funding of Israeli Military Research By Global Research, July 02, 2010
VIDEO: Israel is Raping Gaza of Palestinian Gas Reserves By Global Research, July 02, 2010
Energy Hegemony: Israel Eyes Lebanon’s Offshore Gas Reserves By Rannie Amiri, July 01, 2010
Sanctions and War Threats directed against the Tehran Government: Who Cares About the Iranian People? By Kourosh Ziabari, July 01, 2010
VIDEO: Target Tehran? Israel, US ‘Prepare to Attack Iran’ By Global Research, June 30, 2010
Jerusalem Politicians Face Expulsion By Jonathan Cook, June 29, 2010
Lieberman’s ‘peace’ plan: Strip Palestinians of citizenship By Jonathan Cook, June 28, 2010
Anti-Iran Bill in House Makes Claims With No Basis in Fact By Jeremy R. Hammond, June 26, 2010
Israel Offshore Gas Finds Trigger Dispute With Lebanon, Cyprus Questions Boundaries By David Wainer and Massoud A. Derhally, June 25, 2010
Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: Righting a Perpetual Wrong By Ramzy Baroud, June 25, 2010
Israeli Gaza Blockade Announcement Silent on Issue of Gazan Exports By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, June 24, 2010
IDF Draws Up New Gaza War Doctrine By Yaakov Katz, June 24, 2010
Iranian Flotilla to Set Sail on Sunday By Dudi Cohen, June 23, 2010
“Our Potential to Create a Better World, a Just World”: Testimony of a Survivor of the Mavi Marmara Massacre By Ken O'Keefe, June 22, 2010
Easing of Israel’s Siege May Have Negligible Effect on Gaza By Amira Hass, June 22, 2010
Proposed Israeli Law Would Make Supporting Economic or Academic Boycott of Israel a Crime By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, June 21, 2010
Showdown in the Red Sea: U.S. Sends 11 Warships to Confront Iran. By Washington's Blog, June 21, 2010
Eleven American warships, one Israeli vessel, crossed Suez Canal into Red Sea By Roee Nahmias, June 21, 2010